Automatically-computing weighing-scale.



A. H. SHOCK.

AUTUMATICALLY COMPUTING WEIGHING SCALE.

' APPLIGA'MON FILED SEPT. 21, 1909` 1,005,337I Patented om.. 10,1911

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A. H. SHOCK.

AUTOMATICALLY COMPUTING WEIGHING SCALE.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 21,1909,

1,005,337. Patented Oct. 10, 1911i 2 SBEETS-SHEETZ, Zr-Q 55 Q'LIQOOig-S.

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154i j, 'yf :yr-'i' "in ',jl'ofsllibofrifi it ma'yrconcem: I,'Bi'rit kif `wn that I, ABRAHAM H. Snoek, lfaeititeiitfof t'hefUnited States, residing at Lnifeasteiffln the eounty ofA Lancaster and "Stajtewtlfl'4` iennsylvaiiia, have invented ce1'- neiifiin'd uscfullmprovements in Autoati AtillytComputing Weighing- Scales; iid dlheiiebyQdeclare the following to be fgele'iir, m'i'd exact` desription of the in- U 9 ltentioii stich willenable others skilled in jllie rttifvliieli it' appertains. to make and :useft ii'efsaln.'7 f

'lfliisfinrntin relates "to automatically com 'inting weighing scales usingadjustahle ,'llweights'and having tlexitilerconneetion be- I tween th'eealfc beam and index shaft.

, Tlnie Seid iiiertion consists in certain ini-` h proveniente in the means for attaching and adjf'ustig-tlre `iieight carried by the short 1.2 a'rinoflth scale bee-111;' in certain improve- 1' l`ments'iiitherconnecting devices between the tale yjbeaniy and index shaft; in certainv i' `'ezine-"feinaLdJ'iistably'mounting the ,index seid flshihiftfand connecting it ,with an vec-. entiie 'fad'iistable `bleek or cylinder section i ?mo'iliitedit ereon to adapt the index to dials Ilnivirig dillerentspacesm series; in certain {levier-1s fior-relatively adjusting the said in- "f f dxi'andiyiei lit 'also mounted on said shaft 31010 .olliin Jel 'most Satisfactory action of "f" "thetwofin'ronibination; vincertain adjustsibleineilhiorwieighting the 1index to in-V g Y. sure its'` properreturntozero with out changing', tliejadyuvstxentof any other parts; in

.13,5 ertaiidetails-of connection between' theV 1,.' scale y earn andthe double link and the construction 'and adjustment of the horn on "gwlliichsaid' double link is hung from the .ecp-l centrioblook on said index shaft and in cerfkioi taiq'otlierjdetiiils and-features ol construcf, i tion, cexnlomition and y arrangement all as 'f hereinafter more particularly set forth and y claimed.. "L 'In r.the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 l -iiifepresents jaipdetail sideelevtioli of a coin- 1 puting' Sohle embodying` my invention; Fig. Qrepr'esente eperspective view of the same, parts-ofithe frame' anda-rch 'beingbroken 'away', Fiig.3 represents a detail enlarged View di parte :offthe `dial Vand index ;i Fig.;A 4 "r presents `an"enlerged ydetail view in side .eletationlofthe index its shaft jaceompanyin"- devices and conneeting links, connecting jead/idevices and the seale-heam; Fig. 5 55 represents an enlarged perspective View of the link for connecting the horn 5S and `the Specification of Iletters Patent.

appiicanonniea september 27, 1909. serial Np. 51s,'evs.

STATES rirlrENT QFFICE.

A UTL'OMATICALLY-COMPUTI'NG WEIGHiNe-SCALE.

Patented Get. 10, 19 l.

projection 5l; Fig. Grepresents an enlarged View in side elevation of the weight on the short arm of the scale lie-ani, its adjusting means and ineans for adjustingy one side of 'i the rear e'nd of the machine: Fig. T represents a' sectional view on the line www of Fig. Gg'liig. 8 represents an enlarged per-y spective view of tie plate 26 and its screw, Fig. 9 represents an enlarged View of the srale-heain guide-ay and the dash pot covered; Fig. 10 represents a sectional View on the line y-y of Fig. 1, on an enlarged scale; Fig. 11 represents a side view of the index shaft; Fig. l2 represents a sectional View on the line s-z ot' Fig. 6; and Fi 13 reprei `tail view o lon said traine, the top of which post is centrally serew-tappeil at 6. Said base frame is' preferably au elongated rectangular parallelograin in forni, cast in one piece with 'seid lugs and post. and with a raised arched `frame 7 for supporting the indexsliaft and other parts and guiding and limiting the motion of the scaleheam 15 as hereinafter described.' The said scale-beam is mounted by downwardly presented knifefedge pivots eonsistin r of the terminal arts ot a. bar 8 h aving tlie bearing blocks 9, w ich have V-shaped re- '.esses on top to receive seid pivots kand are old in the tops of standards 10, the lower ends of `which are rigid'witlvthe side bltrs of 4said bed frame. being preferably bifurented to streddle the saine and securely fastened thereto or cast therevirith.` A pair ot' removable sheet metal caps 12, attached to said standards hy screws 13 cover and protectlhe said pivots and bearing blocks. A eylindrit'alblock of nietzil 14,l rigid with the scale beam 15 and inelosing the middle part of knife edge-pivot bar 8, is -loca'ted be.- tween the upper ends of standards 10 und serves by contact therewith as il. stop to prevent the lateral move ent of thescale-beani at this oint in either iiection and keep the knife e ges of thejpivots exaetly'in place in theV-shaped bearing recesses. Said pivot the index knife ed e running its length in 1 lli b blbck 4 aforesaid rig'id with sca bar bearings, capand block are similar in general construction and eration to those set forth in my application No. 492,627. Other devices common to said prior application are the means of support for the scale pan or scoop 11 comprising a yoke 16v composed` of an upper section and a lower scctlon detaehabl secured together bearing blocks 17 hel in said yoke and having downwardly resented V-shaped recesses, which t on t e u wardlyl'presented knife edge pivots, these eing t e terminal parts of a pivot bar 18, similar to pivot bar 8 above described, but held in reverse position its covering block 19 corres ending to e beam 15. A rod 20'r extends from the middle of the lower section of yoke 16 down to a link rod 21 pivotally connected as usual to a depending rod 22 rigid with a cross-bar 23 connecting the lower parts of standard 10, this rod 2 2 being therefore directly under the central point of the ivot bar 8, which is the fulcrum of the sca e-beam. Any convenient form of scale beam or scoop may be used. 4The screw-thrnidiedA holes 6 in the tops of posts 5 above mentioned receive and engage upright adjusting screws 25 which are connected at their lower ends by ball and socket joints to metallic base-disks 26 fitting` into recesses 4 in the bottom of lugs 2 an 3. Thesedisks rest on the table or other support of the bed frame 1 and by turning the screws any inequality in the surface may be compensated for, keeping said fra e and index shaft horizontal, the index an dial vertical and the movements of the scalebeam in a. vertical plane. The said ball and socket joints allow the screws 25 to retain a vertical posit-ion during and' after the act of adjustment and also allow the disks 26 1 to easil adjust themselves the sur ace. Unless suolrsurface be bo the slope of horizontal the-end or corner o the base frame 1 raised bylsuch adjustment will of course be orted by the screw affecting the same an its base-disk without quite touching the table or other support. Each' ball and -socket joint is most conveniently formed as vshown by making a rounded knob or ball 24 on the lower end of the screw and providing the disk with a series of inclosing tongues 27 which are bent over the same to form a socket. When these parts are to be separated for the entire separation of the screw and disk from the bed-plate or for any other purpose, the said, disk must be lowered by the action of the screw quite below the lu 3 or 4, and the said tongues may then be nt open to free the said knob or ball. The latter may beI of the same diameter as that of the screw' itself, or slightly less, being formed b making a groove 28, for the reception o the tongues 27 just above its lower end` and merely gon the small arm of the scale rounding oil the latter to the vexity, with slight reduction o diameter. It wlll then readily pass up through the hole 6 after being separated from the base disk 26.

The short end of the scale beam is pro-` vided with an integral elongated guide way 31, havin approximately the1 shape of an inverted in cross-section. Its closed outer end is perforated at 32 .for receiving the shank of an' adjusting screw rhaving its head outside' of said idewa and e ging a nut 34 which sli es wit`in the atter.

This nut has a cylinder or cylindrical block inclosbar 86 which 35 hung to its underside, said block ing theI middle part of a knife clamped therein by a set screw regu-isite con* permlts the saidbar to be adjusted lengthv wise so as to secure the proper length of pivot on each side and prevent undue strain on either end. The terminal parte of this bar .constitute knife-edge ivots, having their ends resented upwar and. on these a weight 3 4 bearing lugs 38 of said wei ht which are provided with openings 89 or said pivots aving inverted -sha ed ipper ends. The ends of said pivot r anl the outer faces of the said bearing lugs proximate thereto including said openings-are covered by dat plates or shields .40, etachably secured to said lugs by screws 41. -A small set screw 42 when turned through the side of guide way 31 near the louter end'thereof, bears against. a sleeve 29 on the said ad usting screw 32 and -locks the said sleeve, t ereby holdin the screw 33 against entire with drawa from said guideway'.

Bymeans of the adjusting screw 32 and the weigh: 37, the leve o the latter may readily varied at wi to compensate for any defect in the mechanism, `such as will often elude the shar be caused at any time y accident or changes .in temperature. yIt enables the operator to set the index at the Vproper point with preeise accuracy; also to use the scalebeam for weighing, at will, greater or less amounts by the same de of vibration, using diiferently graduated dials in accord with such changes. By freely suspendin tHe weight am instead yof making it rigidwith the nut or other screw threaded part engaging the screw 32 I keep it always vertical so that its actionv Aon the scale beam is varied only by the shifting as above to points farther from or nearer to the scale beam fulcrum, withoutV any irregularity or uncertaint due to a change in the inclination of this weight as the scale beam 'tilts up or down. This weight is made heavy to assistin wei hing is hung by means of raisedl st scrutiny, .or may ,as .well as in setting the index, thong the latter function has hitherto been the chief, if not the exclusive one of weights adjust-4 able by screws on the short arms of scale beams. This increase of weight makes great delicacy of adjustment and poise very important and the knife edge bearings are elpful therein. The knife edge pivots are on the end of an enlarged cylindrical middle part 91 which by contact with the bearings eeps the pivots from sliding laterally, over the latter, and avoids strain.

The long arm of the scale beam 15 moves up and down in an upwardly tapering openin 43 in the front Wall of the arched frame 7 efore mentioned; bein guided by the up per parts of the sides o? said opening and prevented froml rising above a certain point by the s uared upper end 44 of said opening, whic serves as an upper stop for said scale'beam, To this point the said armvis straight, bein also on a slightly lower hori zontal plane t an the short arm of said beam but between the o ening 43 and the operating of said beam tlie said long arm is arched dash by a ink'48 from'a hole 49 in the middle and hi hest art of said arched portion. When't e'fsca e is not in use and especially in shipping said link may be disconnected, the piston allowed to descend to the bottom of the dash pot and the latter covered by a tightly fitting cap 50 to prevent the oil from splashing out. This dash pot has its usual function of cushionin the downstroke of the long arm of the scaleeam, which stroke is stopped at a cer 'tain point by the contact of a shoulder 51 on the downwardly bentportion of said arched part of the long arm of the scale-beam with a stop-block 52 fixed on a transverse latform 53, said platform resting on andJ being fixed by a screw 89 to the side bars of the bed-frame 1 and serving to support also the dash pot aforesaid. The operating end of said scale beam is provided with a finger 54, which .extends through the opening in a stirrup or link 55, also with two parallel fplrongs 56, extending downward frombaid nger and straddling the bottom bar of said` stirrup, these being o'f sufficient length with relation to that of the central opening of said stirrup or frame, which is closedat the top to revent the accidental disenga ment of saidp finger from said stirrup. 1T ie top bar of the latter is pivoted in its middle at 87 Ato anupper stirrup or frame 57 for lateral la ,this u er stirru being hung on the iipardly pgjecting ciirved horn 58 of a curvedbanor oke 59 attached to a block in the fbi-m og a cylinder section or half drum 60 mounted on the index shaft 61, so that said sha'ft, block and bar all move to ether, as drawn down by the depression of me operating end of the scale beam, or by the counterbalanoing and replacing action of afweight 62, which is adjustable toward or from said block radially on a screw threaded rod or stem 63 of a collar 641 clamped on said shaft, so as to varv the leverage and effect of said weight. The latter acts always in opposition to the depression of the long arm of the scale beam and balances the material weighed thereon, being aided therein by the action of the weight before described on the Vshort arm of the scale-beam, these two weights sufiicing for the weighing and for all regulation of the index and other arts except as hereinafter stated, andena ling.

me to dispose `with additional weights carried on or attached to the scale beam. The stirrups or frames 55 and 57 together constitute a flexible double-link allowing suffi- `cient lateral play at both `ends and in the middle to prevent binding, as the openings in said frames are wider than the parts which they receive and said double-link connection is flexible in its pivot 87 at a point 1 bet-weenitsA ends. This is important, as the upward at 45, leaving under it s ace foraV ot 46, the piston t7v1 of whic l is hung* scale beam, after much useor even without i it, will sometimes fail to work perfectly true in vertical vibration. The upper frame or stirrup"57 ,is made longer than the lower one to provide sufficient length of opening to it from one point to anotherthe i allow for the movement of the horn 58 which is necessarily rather large, that it may have the necessary strength and which protrdes in different degrees throu h such opening'in its different ositions. T e outer or under 4side of said orn is curved or rounded to avoid impeding contact with said link as the operating end of the scale beam ascends. The ar or 'yoke 59 is set between ide flanges 81 of the recessed side of the lock or c linder 604 and adjustable longitudinally in t 1e groove or guideway thus formed so as to be acted on through said stirrups 55 and 57 and horn -58 by the depression of the operating end of sald scale beam at anyA chosen point of descent of said operating end, within certain limits, approximately fixed by the up er and lower stops for said scale beam aliove described. A set screw 82 (Fig. 4) working through a part of said bar against said block is used 1n this adjustment and holds said horn in a position of greater or less height and protrusion in the normal or first position of the parts. The terminal finger 54 of the Operating end of the scale beam isprovided with an inverted V-shaped recess 83 on its under' side which fits on a knife edge 84 in the upper side ofthe under bar of the lower link frame or stirrup 55 of said double link, this knife edgeengagement insuring greater accuracy offvrtical action of the scale beam on the saidhorn and index shaft and lessening tthe friet-ion. The relative arran ement of this edge and `recess may obviously be reversed. The said double link answers the purpose of a cord or chain in transmitting to the index shaft the downward movement of the operating end of the the lower end of which is detachably fastened at 68 to one side wall of the frame 7 aforesaid. Index 65 is provided at itsilower end with a disk-form late 69 mounted for axial ad'ustment on t e c lindrical middle part of t e rockin index s aft 61, said plate and index shaft eing clamped in any desired position of such adjustment by a screw 71 passin into the proximate face of block 60 throng a curved slot 70 o'f said plate 69. Thus the index may be adjusted to secure exact accuracy of position at the zero point of the dial when startin without turning the said block at all or a ecting the position of any other part. The words axial adjustment are used in this specification in the sense of adjustment around the axis. After being thus adjusted imposition (and after the other adjustments hereinafter described have been duly made) the said block 60 and plate 69 move as one piece with the oscillation of the index shaft carryingfthe index over the face of the dial. Said block is, however, mounted eccentrically on the cylindrical middle partof the said shaft 61 shown in detail in Fi 11, the said block being adjustable aroun said shaft and fastened at will in any position of such adjustability by a set screw 74 in order that the reatest diameter of the said block or cylluder section 60 may be turned, more or less to any chosen degree, in the direction of indicatin the greater numbers. Such ad'ustment o course regulates the degree o increase of sweep of the index as it approaches the end of the dial where the numbersindieating greatest weight and number ap ear and thus will allow the substitution of ials or dial cards having greater or less spaces at this end according to the preferences of different persons. The collar aforesaid from which the screw-threaded stem carrying the weight 62 extends radially is also mounted for axial adjustment on' the cylindrical middie part of the rockingindex shaft 61, a set screw 72 being used to clamp it in any osition of such adjustment. By this an the means above describedlfor` similarly adjusting the osition of thebindex forward or backwar tions of said index and weight with regard to said shaft may obviously be greatly varied. It is best as Athe index advances to liable Awhen they varticle wei he on said shaft,4 the relative posihave the weight decidedly on the side of the shaft opposed to that to which the index inclines, in order that the replacement of the index at zero may be prom t and re- "from the scale pan or scoop, ut at starting it is asobest that the forward movement; of the index should not be impeded by the weight. By the mounting of said index and weight above described and the application as explained of the set screws it 1s easy to c'ect an arrangement combining these advantages or to vary the same in such manner and degree as the special circumstances ma require.

t sometimes hap ens that an index which moves forward with perfect accuracy to the end of the dial will not return to its original position as accurately and sometimes the cause of this irregularity cannot be determined after much investigation. lt therefore becomes important to provide means for aidin such return without changing the limit of orward motion or interfering with the adjustments already described. It is also necessary to make such additional compensating means adjustable, in order that the degree of its action may be varied in accordance with the requirements of the case. To these ends I attach pivotally to the lower part of the index a short heavy arm or long weight 75 and provide an adjusting screw 88 which turns through the side of said index into contact with the lateral pivot 76 of said arm or weight which is set rotatably into a recess 77 in the face of said index in order that the position of said arm or long weight may be adjusted to incline either way in greater or less degree accordingly shifting the center of gravity of the index.

The index shaft 61 has its terminal parts formed into knife edge pivots 78, resting in bearings 79 which are provided with broad V-shaped recesses 80 in their upper faces, and are held in the recessed and raised parts of the side walls of frame 7 aforesaid. Caps 93, detachably secured to said walls, cover said bearings and pivots. The V-shaped recesses 80 are of suliicient breadth to permit the said knife ed e pivots 78 to rock back- Ward and forward in them with the oscillation of index shaft 61 under the alternating action of the scale beam 15 and the counterbalance Wei ht 6.9... The initial position of the knife e ges is against the inclined side of the bearing recesses in the direction of zero on the dial and corresponds to the zero position of the index. The other inclined face limits the extreme throw of the index. These faces correspond in function to the stops for the scale beam. i

Hitherto in computing scales it has been most common to read the indications at the rear edge of the index, that is to say at the edge toward the lower figures from a line is uned s@ carried 'thereby and just behind the same. AS the operator commonly stands near the scale and often cannot sce these figures distinctly enough to readily distinguish them from the neighboring ones without bending over inconveniently, it becomes important to devise a remedy. To this end l make the index in the form of a rallier broad blade inclined at 90 from the trent. edge to the rearl edgf out from the dial so as to constitute a shield 'etlectually hiding the figures over which it has already passed on the dial, it heilig understood that the figures next in front of the Vindex and close to its edge are to be read to show the weight and total price, the latter being found in the horizontal column of the dial corresponding with that marked by the price per pound (or ounce or other unit, of weight) as marked c. g. 18, 19, Q0 in vertical series on the inclined face of the index blade. The broad row of graduated spaces at the tcp of the dial is marked to indicate Such units of weight. The row next below consists of numerals alternating with` dots as 1. 3 5., &c, space being economized by omitting the a1- tcrnating numbers and repeating the same series from 10 to 20 and so on. T o provide 'for similar calculation in the case of half cont charges per pound as 18% cts., lill, &c., the numbers on the dial have an extra series arranged above them at intervals as shown with dots and numerals alternating as exponente and the half cents are marked also on the index' blade in position corresponding t0 such interlined series. The axial adjustment of the index already explained serves also to correct any inaccuracy of its position and the position of the appropriate ighres on it with regard to those on the dial. This dial, thus graduated, is presented only as a form and arrangement of characters preferred incertain instances and for certain purposes, but not atl all as limiting the operative parts of the weighing scale to use therewith. As already explainedthe index and the parts rocking the same forward `tnder the action of the material weighed may be used with a great. variety ot' 'dials having ditterent lengths and arrangement of spaces, also of course with ditl'crent seriea of numerals or other characters to indicate ,auch spaces or the division linesv between them; and oli course this is equally true of the means for replacing the index in its original position when the material weighed has been removed from the scale; and of the adjusting and other incidental devices employed. Adjusting either of the pendulum weights 3T or ('32, before Stated, will of course vary correspondingly the amount inuit-ated as weighed thereby thus effecting convenient means of correcting any inaccuracy of indication and of adapting the machine to deal with larger or smaller quantities. The endwise adjustment of the knife-edge bar supporting weight 37 enables me to make sure of the proper position of its pirvotsf and equality of strain and wear therepn. i i

The operation has been explained in detail in describing the machine. The weight depresses the long arm of the scale-beam, which draws down on the `double and horn rocking the shaft,` and iiidexand moving the latter over the di ll from zero toward increasing numbers. ljfhen tlicfdc; pression has caused the increasing leverage of weight 62, aided in a measiifre,byther weight on the .short arm of lthe dscale beam, to balance the material. weighed theindexI is stationary and showson the the weight and its price as stated. Then the material weighed is removed,frointhe seoopior pan the free end of the lever yrises vwithout' affectingY or being impeded by thel index shaft and connected devices and Withoutnny"strain; and said shaft is returned to its former position inde endently by theaction of weight 62, the e ect. of which for `this p urposeas Well as for the weighing is easily regulated by adjusting said weight4 Aon itsA screw threaded stem or rod. Y ,n

After the material weighed has ceased its action the Weight 37 on the shortarm of-,the scale beam is used only to replace. the Scale beam in its first position is notaidediby any other .weight` therelnand ismotpconntei-balanced by any other part.` Vvsimilarly the weight 62 on the index :shaft is,. then used merely to replace the said shaftg-theindex and the described attachments in their first position, without being called ontolift any of the weight of the ecaleiheaiu. Thus the scale beam is provided with two'pendu-` limi weight-s cooperating by their'action on its respective arms counterbalarufes for the material or article weighed, but ceasing their coperation as soon as said material or article is: removed, these pendulum weights then acting independently of each other as replacing devices only, the one fortheiscale `beam alone, `the other for `the yindex'shaft and its attachments but not for the scale beam. f l Y i Having thus described my invention. what l claim as new and desire to Secure byLetters Patent. is: t l A i 'v l. ln combination withl the-fscal`el beam and index shaft of a. weighingscale nndxa flexible connection between 'thcac parts.' a pendulum countcrbalance weigat actingon said index shaft, means" connecting lsaid weight to said Shaft.` a*coperating` pendullnn colinterllalance wcigllt'lactin ""Oiitthe short arm of the scale beam', alflbngitd'inally adjusting screw mounted Yin AthejshbitA arm of said scale beam. a nut tra'ilelibg` thereon, laterally extending'pivots,` Vmovin with said nut and parts connected toy `s'air weight and'arranged to engage andb-fsiispcnded by said pivots, these parts and pivenga sal longitudginally of said arm in said guideway, a cylinder or block suspended from said nutand knife edge ivots at the ends of said c linder or bloc a weight provided wit suitably recessed bearing plates hung apivotally on said knife edges substanti ly as set forth.

3. In combination with a scale beam, a cylinder or block hung therefrom, a pivot bar adjustable through the same and roviding knife edge pivots b its protru ing terminal parts, means for c amping said bar in any position of such adjustment'to guard against any inequality of strain on said pvots and a weight hung pivotally on said ife edges substantially as set forth.

4. In combination wlth a scale beam, a cylinder or block hung therefrom, a pivot bar adjustable through the same and having protruding ends which constitute knife 'edge pivots, a Weight hung pivotally on said pivots and a screw through a part of said cylinder to fasten said bar in any position of such adjustment for the purpose set forth.

5. A weight pivotally suspended by two raised lates forming arts thereof and provid with openings aving inverted V- shapedA parts at their tops, a bar provided at its ends with weight supporting knife edge pivots received by said openings, a part surrounding the Vmiddle portion of said pivot bar and permitting its cndwise independent adjustment, means for clamping said bar in any position of such adjustment, a scale beam and means for suspendingltherefrom said part, pivot bar and weight.

6. A pivot bar having a knife edge along its upper side from end to end fitting its terminal parts for use as supporting knife edge ivots, in. combination with a weight provi ed with parts whereby it is hung pivotally on said pivots, a scale beam` means suspended from said scale beam allowing the endwse adjustment of said knife edge bar for equalizing the strainon said pivots and protective plates covering the ends of said pivots and the openings which receive them, the said plates being detachably fastened to'said weight substantially' as set forth.

7. In combination'with a scale beam having a long and a short arm, a part sup-` ported -by saidshort arm `and adjustable along the same, means for thus adjusting this part, means for locking it at any point of suchv adjustment, a weight hung from. said part, laterally rojectmg knife edge pivots carried by saidp weight and festin on pivots for suspend-- ing said wei ht su stantially as set forth.

8. A scale am havin a long and ashort arm and provided with a longitudinal guideway on its short arm, a perforated end for said guideway, a nut working' in said. guideway, a screw 4working through said end and engaging said nut for such adjustment, a Wei ht ivotally suspended from said nut, atera ly extending knife edge pivots carried by said nut, bearin fitting on said pivots for suspending said weight and a clamp screw engaging said adjusting screw to lock said nut and weight in any' position of such adjustment.

9. The base of a wei hing machine having at its ends rigid at lugs recessed on their undersides, which are provided with raised short hollow posts communicating' with the recesses of said lugs and screwtapped on top, in combination with adjusting screws engaging the screw threaded holes of 'said posts, 'base plates for said screws fitting within said recesses and ball and socket joints connecting said base plates and screws substantially as set forth.

10. A scale beam having a long and a short arm, said long arm being straight from the fulcrum for a part of its length, then arched'for another part of its length and finally bent downward to its operating end and being provided with a shoulder at or near the lowest portion of said arched part, a iixed stop arranged for contact with said shoulder at the limit of the greatest permissible descent of said operating end, a stop for the upward movement of said long arm, a rocking index shaft and flexible means of connection between said shaft and scale beam whereby said index shaft is rocked in one direction by the depression of said long arm until this motion ceases by the complete counterbalancing of the article weighed or by the contact of said shoulder with the stop below it, the said rock shaft not being lifted by said scale beam while the said long arm of the latter ascends and the said upper and lower stops being distinct from, and unconnected to, each other.

11. In combination with an uprightweighing scale index, having a stem, an arm serving as an elongated weight pivoted to the stein of said` index for adjustment to various positions of inclination and thereby shifting the center of gravity of said index and a set screw operating to clamp said arm or weight in any one of these positions for the purpose set forth.

12. In combination with a weighing-scale indicating device having a stem, a counterbalance weight pivoted to said Stem and means acting on said weight only to hold it part attached to said.

in the position to which it has been adjusted and thus re ulate its position and counterbalancing eI ect.

13. A weighing scale index consisting of a blade inclinedoutward and rearward from its forward edge in they direction of motion in order that the figures on the dial behind said forward edge may be hidden thereby substantially as set fort-lnY 1st.A In combination with a dial containing a series of spaces indicating weights and a succession of series of figures and marks below the same indicating the total sums due for the respective weights and` prices, an index inclined outward and rearward from its forward end in the direction of motion and having a corresj'ionding series of prices of unit weights opposite said columns of total sums, these figures of the index and dial heilig adapted to the computation of fractions as well as integral numbers by inspect-ion Vof, the dial figures next beyond the forward yend of the index o iposite the proper price on the latter an: under the proper weight space.

l5. A weighing machine index and index Shaft on which it islmounted for independent 'adjustment about the same, in combination with means for lockin the said index after it has been adjusted forward or backward about said shaft and an adjustable pivoted attachment for shifting at will the center of gravity of said index and means for locking said attachment in any position to which it may be adjusted.

16. In combination with the rocking index shaft of a weighing scale, a part eccentrically mounted thereon to rock therewith and adjustable around said shaft and an index attached to and rocking with said eccentric part, but independent-ly adjustable thereon around said shaft substantially as set forth.

17. In combination with the rocking -index shaft of a weighing scale, a part eccentrically mounted thereon to rock therewith and adjustable around said shaft, an index moving with said part but also adjustable .forward or backward on said art and means for locking said index atA will in any position to which it may be adjusted.

18. In combination with the rocking index-shaft of a wei hing machine, an index rocking therewith but adjustable independently to change its.. inclination, means connecting said index to said shaft and permitting such independent adjustment, a counter-balance weight for said shaft and index, and means connecting this weight to said shaft nd permitting its adjustnient around the latter to vary its position and counterbalaiwing action.

19. A weighing `scale index having a stem, in combination with a shaft for said index, a block mounted ecccntrically on said shaft,

a counterbalance weight, means of attaching said weight to said shaft and means for attaching said index to 'said block permitting the independent adjustment of said index on the latter, the saidy Weight and index being adapted to take positions on opposite sides of said shaft as the index moves forward.

20. A rock shaft provided with knife edge pivots, bearings supporting the latter and permitting their osci lation therein, a counterbalance weight adjustable around said shaft, means for connectin said Weight to said shaft an eccentric locl( also adjustable around said shaft and an index attached to said block and moving therewith.

21. In combination with the index-shaft of a. weighing machine, an index rocking therewith but adjustable around the same, a weight provided with means for attachin it to said shaft, anil adjustable around the atter, said weight being also adjustable ra.- dially toward or from the said shaft for varying its leverage.

22. In combination with an index shaft consisting of kiiife-edge pivots at its ends and a middle cylindrical part, an eccentric block and a collar mounted on said middle part for independent adjustment and provided with clamping screws, a screw threaded rod or stem extending radially from said collar, a screw tapped weight adjustable on said stem and an index mounted freely on the middle part of said shaft and attached to said block by means permitting its independent adjustment.

23. In combination with a rocking index shaft, an eccentric block rocking therewith, an index provided with a disk plate mounted freely to turn on said shaft and having a curved slot formed therein and a clampm screw passing through said slot into sai block for holding the said index in any position of forward or backward adjustment.

24. In combination with the index shaftof a weighing machine, a block or cylinder section rocking therewith and having Ranges formino av guideway, a bar or yoke adjustable pivotally in said guideway and p1' vided with a projecting horn, a scale beam and connections between said horn and the operating end of said scale beam.

25. In combination with the index shaft of a weighing scale,` a block mounted thereon and rocking therewith, a bar provided with a projecting horn and adjustable screw and independently adjustable on said block for greater or less upward extension .of said horn. a scale beam and means for connecting said scale beam with said horn.

2G. In combination withthe qindex shaft of a weighing scale, a block mounted eccentrically thereon, and adjustable` at will around the said shaft, means'for'clamping said block in any position to which it has been thus adjusted, a part having a protruding horn and attachedto said block, means for independently adjusting said part for greater or less projection of said horn, a scale beam and means for flexibly connecting said horn and scale beam.

27. In combination with the index shaft of aweighing scale, and a projecting horn rocking therewith, a scale beam and a doublelink consisting of open-frames pivoted together for flexibility, the upper frame of said double link fitting over the said horn and thelower frame receiving the operating end of said scale beam.

28. In combination with the index shaft of a weighing scale and a block mounted thereon to turn therewith, a horn adjustable on said block for greater or less projection, a scale beam and double link consisting of two frames pivoted together and fitting upon the said horn and the said operating end to con nect these parts.

29. In combination with a scale beam having on its operating end a finger provided with an Vinverted V-shaped notch on its under-side in combination with a double link consisting of two frames pivoted together, the bottom ba: of the lower frame being A provided with a knife edge which receives said notch, an index shaft and a projectmg part rocking with said shaft and entering the upper frame of said double link substantially as set forth.

30. In combination with a scale beam having a finger projecting from its operating end, an index shaft, a projecting horn' attached thereto and a device connecting said horn to said finger, said device comprising a pivoted frame which receives said finger and has knife edge contact between said finger and the bottom bar of said frame.

3l. In combination with an indexshaft and a horn rocking therewith, a connecting device depending from said horn and comprising in its lower part. a pivoted stirrup or frame, a scale beam provided on its operating end with a finger projecting through said frame and a. pair of downwardly extending prongs straddling the bottom bar of said lower frame to prevent separation subantiallv as set forth.

3Q, A vdouble link consisting of two supery posed frames pivoted together, in combination with an index shaft, a projecting horn carried thereby and having the upper frame hung thereon, a scale beam having a finger which extends through the lower frame of saidrdouble link and is provided with two downwardly projecting prongs which are on each side of the bottom bar of said Vlower frame and of suilicient length to prevent the accidental separation of said frame and scale beam, the said finger and lower bar having knife edge contact substantially as set forth.

33. A double link consisting of two open frames pivoted together, the upper frame being longer from to to bottom than the lower frame, in com ination with a scale beam having a finger which extends through said lower frame and is guarded against etachment therefrom, an index `shaft and a. horn moving with said shaft and adjustable for greater or less upward protrusion through the upper frame substantially as setV forth. V

34. In combination with a rocking index. shaft, a horn moving therewith and having its underside rounded, in combination with a scale beam and flexible means of connes tion between said horn and the operating end of said beam, said means comprlsing'an elongated open frame or link hung on said horn, such rounding of the horn and elongation o f-the link allowing play between them without impediment as said operating end moves upward.

35. In combination with an index shaft, an eccentric block axiaLly ad'ustable thereon, a bar or yoke longitudinal y adjustable on said block and provided with a horn which is curved on its lower outer side, a double link consisting of two frames pivoted together, the upper frame'being hung on said horn and a scale beam having on its `operating end a finger extending through the lower frame substantially as set forth.

36. An index shaft having a cylindrical.-

middle part and knife edge pivots at its ends in combination with a scale beato, broad V- shaped bearings for said pivots permitting said knife edges and 'shaft to rock into the extreme positions possible to the said shaft, stops for correspondingly limiting the movements of said scale beam, caps to cover said bearings and pivots, means connecting said scale beam flexibl)r to said shaft, and an index and counterbalance weight adjustable on said shaft, said index and weight being provided with means for attaching them to said shaft substantially as set forth.

vIn testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses,

ABRAHAM H. SHOCK. 

